Choosing content... I have read the text through three times to absorb as much detail as I can. I have underlined the words that I see as significant in expressing the detail: What I don't know for sure: What rank the Police Officer is.. ....And so therefore the clothes he would be wearing. Which war the scene is set in, WW1 or WW2. What I do know: He is in the city of London. It is war time. He is working for New Scotland Yard. He controls police file papers. He is middle aged. It is Spring. Real people notes to consider as research: More than 1200 officers were bought back into service during wartime. Many others were prevented from retiring as thousands of younger officers were being sent to the front line. 24.000 more Special Constables were recruited. "Many of the Police Officers during the war did not retire at the normal age of 45 but continued i...